Simplified Tamil script

[1] It aimed to standardize non-standard ligatures of ஆ ā, ஒ o, ஓ ō and ஐ ai syllables.

[3] Kuthusi Gurusamy initially proposed script reform and seems credit was not given to him.

[4] A Script Reform Committee was formed in 1947 under Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, while in 1951 the Government of Tamil Nadu accepted its recommendations, it failed to enforce them.

[5] He encouraged it on the basis that it allegedly eased typesetting as Periyar was himself a typesetter of his newspapers in early days.

Other person who was responsible for helping Periyar was Kuthusi Gurusamy [1] This was preceded by many reforms during early 20th century, led by Tamil purist movement, which purged most of the Grantha consonants from the Tamil-Grantha script (except ஜ ja, ஷ sha, ஸ sa, ஹ ha) and standardized the modern Tamil alphabet.